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Following are the key contests in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections Thursday:
Maharashtra (25 constituencies):
* Raigad: A R Antulay (Congress) and Anant Geete (Shiv Sena)
* Pune: Suresh Kalmadi (Congress), Anil Shirole (BJP), Arun Bharia (Peoples' Guardian Party), Javed Bagban (IUML)
* Beed: Ramesh Baburao Kokate (NCP), Gopinath Munde (BJP)
* Solapur: Sushil Kumar Shinde (Congress), Sharad Bansode (BJP )
* Madha: Sharad Pawar (NCP), Subhash Deshmukh (BJP)
Andhra Pradesh (20 constituencies):
* Kadapa: Y S Jaganmohan Reddy (Congress) and P Srikant Reddy (TDP)
* Kakinada: M M Pallam Raju (Congress) and V.Satya (TDP)
* Rajhamundry: U V Krishnam Raju (PRP) and Murali Mohan (TDP)
* Vijayawada: L. Rajagopal (Congress) and Vamsi Mohan (TDP)
* Bapatla: Pannabaka Lakshmi (Congress) and S Malyadri (TDP)
Karnataka (17 constituencies):
* Bangalore South: H N Ananth Kumar (BJP)and Krishna Byre Gowda (Congress)
* Bangalore Rural: H D Kumaraswamy (JD-S) and Tejaswini Gowda (Congress)
* Uttara Kannada: Margaret Alva (Congress) and Anant Kumar Hegde (BJP)
* Gulbarga: Mallikarjun Kharge (Congress) and Revu Naik Belamagi (BJP)
* Bangalore North: C K Jaffer Sharief (Congress) and D B Chandre Gowda (BJP)
Uttar Pradesh (17 constituencies):
* Amethi: Rahul Gandhi (Congress) and R B Singh (BJP)
* Ambedkar Nagar: Vinay Katiyar (BJP), Shankh Lal Manjhi (Samajwadi Party)
* Pratapgarh: Atiq Ahmed (Apna Dal), Rani Ratna Singh (Congress) and Akshay Pratap Singh (Samajwadi Party)
* Gonda: Beni Prasad Verma (Congress), Kirti Vardhan Singh (BSP)
* Kaiserganj: Brij Bhushan Saran Singh (Samajwadi Party), Puttu Awasthi (BSP)
Bihar (13 constituencies) :
* Hajipur: Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), Ram Sundar Das (JD-U), Dasai Choudhary (Congress)
* Muzaffarpur: George Fernandes(Independent),Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad (JD-U), Bhagwan Lal Sahni(RJD)
* Vaishali: Raghuvansh Prasad Singh (RJD), Munna Shukla (JD-U), Hind Keshri Yadav (Congress)
* Madhubani: Shakil Ahmad (Congress), Abdul Bari Siddiqui (RJD), Hukum Deo Narayan Yadav (BJP)
* West Champaran: Prakash Jha (LJP), Sadhu Yadav (RJD), Ramashray Prasad Singh (CPI-M)
Madhya Pradesh (13 constituencies)
* Balaghat: K D Deshmukh (BJP), Visheshwar Bhagat (Congress), Ajablal (BSP)
* Chhindwara: Marotrao Khabse (BJP), Kamalnath (Congress), Rao Sahab Shinde (BSP)
* Khajuraho: Jitendra Singh (BJP) Raja Pateria (Congress) Sewaram (BSP)
* Rewa: Chandramani Tripathi (BJP), Sunderlal Tiwari (Congress), Pushpraj Singh (Samajwadi Party)
* Sidhi: Govind Mishra (BJP), Indrajit Patel (Congress), Veena Singh (Independent)
Orissa (11 constituencies)
* Kendrapada: Baijayant Jay Panda (BJD) and Ranjib Biswal (Congress)
* Balasore: Mahameghabahan Aira Kharavela Swain (BJP) and Srikanta Jena (Congress)
Assam (11 constituencies):
* Dibrugarh: Pawan Singh Ghatowar (Congress) and Sarbananda Sonowal (AGP)
* Jorhat: Bijoy Krishna Handique (Congress) and Kamakhya Prasad Tassa (BJP)
* Guwahati: Robin Bordloi (Congress) and Bijoya Chakraborty (BJP)
* Tezpur: Mani Kumar Subba (Congress) and Joseph Toppo (AGP)
* Dhubri: Anowar Hussain (Congress) and Badruddin Ajmal (AUDF)
Jharkhand (8 constituencies):
* Jamshedpur: Arjun Munda (BJP), Suman Mahto (JMM) and Shailendra Mahto(AJSU)
* Dumra: Shibu Soren (JMM) and Sunil Soren (BJP)
* Singhbhum: Madhu Koda (Independent), Bagun Sumbarai (Congress) and Barkuwar Gagrai (BJP)
* Ranchi: Subodh Kant Sahay (Congress) and Ram Tahal Chaudhary (BJP)
Goa (two constituencies):
* North Goa: Shripad Naik (BJP) and Jitendra Deshprabhu (NCP)
* South Goa: Francisco Sardinha(Congress) and Narender Savoikar (BJP)
Tripura (Two constituencies):
* Tripura West: Khagen Das (CPI-M), Sudip Roy Barman (Congress), Nilmani Deb (BJP)
* Tripura East: Bajuban Riyan (CPI-M), Dibachandra Hrangkhawl (Congress), Pulin Behari Dewan (BJP)
Jammu and Kashmir (One constituency)
* Udhampur: Nirmal Singh( BJP) and Lal Singh (Congress) | 
